Modified:
trunk/debian/changelog
trunk/debian/man/john.8
Log:
* debian/man/john.8:
- updated the locations of john's session files (Closes: #360591)
- updated descriptions of --rules and --test (Closes: #485422)
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2008-06-02 15:22:35 UTC (rev 180)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2008-06-09 14:16:26 UTC (rev 181)
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+john (1.7.2-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * debian/man/john.8:
+ - updated the locations of john's session files (Closes: #360591)
+ - updated descriptions of --rules and --test (Closes: #485422)
+
+ -- David Paleino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:15:19 +0200
+
john (1.7.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
* Merged debian/changelog from old experimental version (1.7-1 and
Modified: trunk/debian/man/john.8
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/man/john.8 2008-06-02 15:22:35 UTC (rev 180)
+++ trunk/debian/man/john.8 2008-06-09 14:16:26 UTC (rev 181)
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
.\" Jordi Mallach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
.\" This is free documentation, see the latest version of the GNU General
.\" Public License for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.
-.TH JOHN 8 "June 03, 2004" john
+.TH JOHN 8 "June 09, 2008" john
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.SH NAME
john \- a tool to find weak passwords of your users
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B john
-.RI [ options ] "password-files"
+.RI [ options ]
+password-files
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B john
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@
"wordlist" and finally "incremental".
.P
Once John finds a password, it will be printed to the terminal and saved
-into a file called ~/john.pot. John will read this file when it restarts
-so it doesn't try to crack already done passwords.
+into a file called ~/.john/john.pot. John will read this file when it
+restarts so it doesn't try to crack already done passwords.
.P
To see the cracked passwords, use
.P
@@ -41,12 +42,14 @@
.P
While cracking, you can press any key for status, or Ctrl+C to abort the
session, saving point information to a file (
-.I ~/restore
+.I ~/.john/john.rec
by default). By the
way, if you press Ctrl+C twice John will abort immediately without saving.
The point information is also saved every 10 minutes (configurable in the
configuration file,
-.I ~/john.ini
+.I ~/.john/john.ini
+or
+.I ~/.john/john.conf
) in case of a crash.
.P
To continue an interrupted session, run:
@@ -101,17 +104,27 @@
(section [Incremental:MODE], or [Incremental:All] by default).
.TP
.B \-makechars:FILE
-Generates a charset file, based on character frequencies from ~/john.pot,
-for use with the incremental mode. The entire ~/john.pot will be used for
-the charset file unless you specify some password files. You can also use
-an external filter() routine with this option.
+Generates a charset file, based on character frequencies from
+~/.john/john.pot, for use with the incremental mode. The entire
+~/.john/john.pot will be used for the charset file unless you specify
+some password files. You can also use an external filter() routine with
+this option.
.TP
.B \-restore[:FILE]
Continues an interrupted cracking session, reading point information from
-the specified file (~/restore by default).
+the specified file (~/.john/john.rec by default).
.TP
.B \-rules
-Enables wordlist rules, that are read from [List.Rules:Wordlist].
+Enables wordlist rules, that are read from [List.Rules:Wordlist] in
+.I /etc/john/john.conf
+(or the alternative configuration file you might specify on the command
+line).
+.br
+This option
+.B requires
+the
+.B -wordlist
+option to be passed as well.
.TP
.B \-salts:[\-]COUNT
This feature sometimes allows to achieve better performance. For example
@@ -163,6 +176,11 @@
.B \-test
Benchmarks all the enabled ciphertext format crackers, and tests them for
correct operation at the same time.
+.br
+This option does
+.B not
+need any file passed as argument. Its only function is to benchmark the
+system john is running on.
.TP
.B \-users:[\-]LOGIN|UID[,..]
Allows you to filter a few accounts for cracking, etc. A dash before the
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